Keeping Your Club Safe??: Phase II Reopening
Dear Member,
It has been nearly two weeks since our Club reopened, and it has been encouraging to see Members enjoying the facilities once again.
As mentioned in last week’s e-mail, from June 20 we will implement Phase II of our three-phase reopening plan. This follows the Tokyo government’s lifting of its COVID-19 alert, indicating that the spread of the virus is presently under control.
Some of our “new normal” safety guidelines will remain, but we have restored more of the valued services you have come to expect from your Club.
Phase II Standards
• Club daily hours: 6am–11pm(please check individual facilities’ hours)
• Club entry points: B1 Family entrance (from 6am) and 1F Family entrance (from 11am); 1F Formal entrance will be closed.
• Traders’ Bar hours: Monday–Thursday (11am–11pm); Fridays (11am–12am); weekends and holidays (11am–10pm). Last orders for drinks: 30 minutes prior to closing.
• Recreation facility online reservations open daily at noon(12pm).
• “Trusted player and household” policy for Members wishing to participate in activities with non-family members in the following areas: Squash Courts, Gymnasium, Sky Pool, O-Zone, Kids’ Lounge, Music Rooms, 19th Hole and Logan Room (capacity restrictions apply based on activity and room size).
• Adult Locker Rooms (including dry and steam saunas, whirlpool baths and plunge pools) and Adult Sun Terrace available without reservations (registration at 4F Recreation Desk required).
• Personal trainer sessions available (maximum: three trainers per session).
• Gymnasium reservations extended to 60 minutes per session.
• Open swim sessions adjusted to 60 minutes per reservation.
• Kids’ Water Park sessions extended to 45 minutes per reservation.
• Limited private and group classes and lessons available.
• Children’s Library, Teen Connection and Logan Room reopen. Mandatory reservation required for Teen Connection and Logan Room.
• Browsing of books at Library available (handled books to be sanitized). Members required to sanitize hands at entrance.
• Article check and cloakroom available at B1 Member Services.
Phase II Continuing Standards
• Temperature screening and membership cards checks at both entrances.
• Face masks required at all times while at the Club (except when eating, drinking, swimming, showering or partaking in an activity in which wearing a mask is deemed unsuitable).
• Social distancing should be followed throughout the facility.
• CHOP Steakhouse, Vista, 220° [Modern Teppan], Bowling Center, Fun Zone, Jungle Gym and Childcare Center closed.
• Reservations required for Fitness Center, Sky Pool, Gymnasium, Squash Courts, 19th Hole, Music Rooms, Kids’ Lounge and O-Zone.
• Some rental equipment, including workout shoes and Sky Pool sandals, unavailable.
• Valet parking unavailable.
• Favorites to Go (takeout food service) pickup: Rainbow Café
As we monitor official guidance and adjust our safety measures accordingly over the coming weeks and months, we ask for your patience and understanding. Further details on Phase II can be found on the Keeping Your Club Safewebpage. Phase III measures will be announced in due course.
In the meantime, if you haven’t yet registered for today’s town hall on Club finances, you can still sign up to attend virtually.
Representative Governor
Tokyo American Club
With all due respect TACMaven is uninformed. Masks are only required in politicized US states. Masks are without scientific merit in a country with such a low incidence rate and with a virus with such low mortality and morbity. Protecting the vulnerable. Makes sense. Letting people live their lives also makes sense. Masks are NOT required in Japan (except in TAC). If you are afraid DO NOT COME. By the way I would respect you more if you used your name. Mark A. Colby 18685 cell 090-4969-8399
So many selfish comments. Masks are being required just about everywhere in the USA where the local governments are being safe, so just where one and put up with it. And places where masks are not being used are have a huge increase in Covid. I hate wearing a mask, but will put up with it for the duration. So far, TAC has been ahead of the curve in managing through this crisis and members have been safe. Everyone knows Covid is a pandemic and we all grieve for our former life styles, but until Covid is resolved we all have to do our part. If you don’t like it, just resign, nobody forcing anybody to be a member.
No common sense. Three guys are deciding in isolation. They really need to open up to member views or be removed.
All part of the campaign initiative to bring end to clubs and every other place that people want to physically congregate…
I believe TAC is the only location in Tokyo if not Japan where masks are required. Kindly suggest a re-evaluation of this policy. Even police are not required to ware masks.
I can’t tell the difference between the phases. I still need to be muzzled in a mask and make a reservation to use the fitness center. That is not exactly open and normal.
Amazing! Who is making these decisions devoid of logic and science? They still want people to wear masks? Beginnng to think this board of governors are working for the inept governor or NY.